Meat-cutting machine



2Sheets-Sheet 1. L. STEIGERT. Meat Cutting, Machine. No. 234,499.Patented Nov. 16,1880.

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2 Sheets-Sheet 2. L. STEIGBRT. Meat Cutting Machine. No. 234,499.Patented Nov. 16, I880.

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LEOPOLD STEIGERT, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

MEAT-CUTTlNG MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 234,499, dated November16, 1880,

Application filed January 14, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LEOPOLD STEIGERT, ofCincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Meat-Cutting Machines; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art towhich it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, whichform a part of this specification.

My invention relates to meat-cutting machines, and the object is toproduce a simple, clean, and compact machine.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, aswill be more fully described in the following specification, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings and the letters of referencemarked thereon.

Like letters refer to like parts in the drawings, in which- Figure 1represents a front elevation of my machine. Fig. 2 is a side view of thesame. Fig. 3isa horizontal section on line a; 00. Figs. 4, 5, and 6 areenlarged detail views of the brace with brackets cast thereon and theguides secured thereto. Fig. 7 is a plan view of the horizontal shieldabove the guides and cuttingknives.

In the drawings the main parts of the machine are of the ordinaryconstruction, in which A represents a suitable frame, with bracepiecesa, l), c, d, and B, which hold and secure the side pieces of the frametogether. In the lower part of this frame is arranged the usualchoppiugblock G, which is revolved by suitable gearing, D, supported onframe E, which is made adjustable by a set-screw, c, and two rods, F F,having clamp-nuts f, one on each side of theframe, and passing throughlugs f, cast on the side pieces of the frame. By this adjustable framethe chopping-block can be raised up toward the knives as it is worn off.

Immediately above the chopping-block is arranged the main brace B, whichforms a bearing in the center for the ends of the shaft. To the rearside of this brace are cast the brackets g g g, having a fiat face, towhich the guides h h h are firmly secured by bolts or rivets. By thuscasting the brackets in one piece with the brace greater rigidity isattained, and the guides are not liable to work loose, as also lessfitting is necessary.

The cross-heads i i, with the knives attached, slide upon the guides andare operated by the connecting-rods 7. Jr, which connect to thecrankshaft Gr, journaled in bearings ll Z. and motion is imparted to itby the gearing H, which likewiseimparts motion to the choppin g-block bypulleys m and a.

To the brace cis cast or secured in any manner a semicircular flange, 0,which supports the horizontal shield or guard I. (shown best in Fig. 7,)and it has two pins or lugs, 19, atits rear side, that enter suitableholes at the rear part of the flange 0, while the front end of saidshield is supported by notches in said flange, into which theprojections 11 enter. By means of this shield all impurities from aboveare kept from mixing with the meat, and the chopped meatis preventedfrom being thrown above among the cranks and gearing.

A semicircular shield or guard, K, is reinovably attached to the frame Aby means of hooks r and pins 8, so that it can be quickly removed, whendesired, for repairing any broken parts, or for detaching the kniveswhen they need sharpening, or for removing the meat, 850.

instead of the hooks and pins, set-screws may be used.

Having thus described'my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. In a meat-cutting machine, the brace B, having the brackets g g 9,cast in one piece, for firmly securing the guides 71. h h, constructedsubstantially as shown and herein described.

2. A meat-cutting machine consisting of a frame, A, adjustablechopping-block C, with its frame E and gearing D, the brace B, havingbrackets g g g, the shields or guards l K, secured as described, thecross-heads M, connecting-rods It It, and crank-shaft G, with itsdriving mechanism, all constructed and arranged substantially as shownand described.

, In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I hereby affix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

LEOPOLD STEIGERT. XVitnesses:

WM. RENAU, WM. L. KEY.

